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Bela G. Lugosi
Bela G. Lugosi (Béla George Lugosi) is a Los Angeles intellectual property attorney, son of the Dracula actor, whose suit against Universal in Lugosi v. Universal Pictures (1979) shaped California's 70-year postmortem right of publicity law.
Belva Ann Lockwood
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917), American lawyer and suffragist; first woman admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court bar (1879) and first to argue before it (Kaiser v. Stickney, 1880); Equal Rights Party presidential candidate 1884 and 1888.
Ben Emmerson
Ben Emmerson (Benedict Emmerson, born 1963) is a British KC and international lawyer, founding member of Matrix Chambers, UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism 2011–2017, and counsel in the Haradinaj, al-Senussi, and Litvinenko cases.
Ben Ferencz
Ben Ferencz (Benjamin Berell Ferencz, 1920–2023), last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, chief prosecutor of the 1947 Einsatzgruppen Trial of 22 SS officers, later restitution advocate and campaigner for the International Criminal Court.
Benita Y. Pearson
Benita Yalonda Pearson is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2010, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez (Benito Pablo Juárez García, 1806–1872), Zapotec-born liberal president of Mexico (1858–1872), author of the Ley Juárez, leader of the Reforma and resistance to Maximilian's French-backed empire, executed Maximilian in 1867, declared Benemérito de la Patria.
Benjamin Brafman
Benjamin Brafman, New York criminal defense lawyer and principal of Brafman & Associates, P.C.; former Manhattan ADA (Rackets Bureau). Known for white-collar and high-profile defense, including Sean Combs' 1999 acquittal and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin (Ben) Crump, American civil rights and personal injury attorney based in Tallahassee, Florida; founder of Ben Crump Law. Known as "Black America's Attorney General"; represented families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor; won $641M Flint settlement and $27M Floyd settlement.
Benjamin H. Settle
Benjamin H. Settle, also known as Benjamin Hale Settle, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Western District of Washington, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Benjamin J. Beaton
Benjamin J. Beaton, born in 1981 in Paducah, Kentucky, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Kentucky, appointed by President Trump in 2020.
Benjamin J. Cheeks
Benjamin Jerome Cheeks, born 1977 in Albany, Georgia, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of California, confirmed in 2024 and seated since 2025.
Benjamin M. Flowers
Benjamin M. Flowers, Ohio's 10th Solicitor General (2019-2023), argued the state's major appeals including its 2019 abortion ban; partner at Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers; confirmed to the Sixth Circuit in July 2026.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809–1874), American Supreme Court associate justice 1851–1857 appointed by Fillmore; author of the main Dred Scott dissent, the only justice to resign in protest, and Andrew Johnson's impeachment defense counsel.
Bernard A. Friedman
Bernard A. Friedman (born 1943) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Bernard M. Jones
Bernard M. Jones, born in 1979, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Beryl A. Howell
Beryl A. Howell, born Beryl Alaine Howell, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Columbia, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Beth F. Bloom
Beth F. Bloom, born 1962 in the Bronx, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014.
Beth L. Freeman
Beth Labson Freeman, born 1953, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge in San Jose since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Beth Robinson
Beth Robinson (born 1965) is a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit judge, former Vermont Supreme Court justice, and co-counsel in Baker v. State, the first openly lesbian federal appeals judge.
Beth Wilkinson
Beth Wilkinson (born 1962) is an American trial lawyer, Princeton and UVA Law graduate, former Army and Oklahoma City bombing prosecutor, and co-founder of the trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff, known for the NFL Sunday Ticket and Microsoft-Activision defenses.
Bill Bufalino
Bill Bufalino (William Eugene Bufalino Sr., 1918-1990) was a Detroit attorney, Jimmy Hoffa's personal lawyer and IBT counsel from 1947, 21-year president of Teamsters Local 985, cousin of mobster Russell Bufalino, and a character in The Irishman.
Bill Gates Sr.
Bill Gates Sr. (William Henry Gates II, 1925–2020) was a Seattle lawyer, co-founder of Preston Gates & Ellis, UW regent, and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Bill Weld
Bill Weld (William Floyd Weld, born 1945) is an American attorney and politician, 68th governor of Massachusetts 1991-1997, former U.S. Attorney and Justice Department Criminal Division chief, later Libertarian 2016 vice-presidential nominee and 2020 Trump primary challenger.
Billy W. Lewis, Jr.
Billy Wayne Lewis, Jr. (born 1978) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Alabama since 2025, nominated by President Trump.
Bob Barr
Bob Barr (Robert Laurence Barr Jr., born 1948) is an American attorney, former Republican U.S. Representative from Georgia's 7th District (1995-2003), Clinton impeachment manager, and the Libertarian Party's 2008 presidential nominee.
Bobbie Cheema-Grubb
Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb DBE, UK High Court (King's Bench Division) judge; first Asian woman High Court judge (November 2015); former 2 Hare Court barrister, Treasury Counsel, QC 2013, Finsbury Park case judge.
Bobby E. Shepherd
Bobby E. Shepherd, born 1951, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006.
Bobby R. Baldock
Bobby R. Baldock, born Bobby Ray Baldock, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Tenth Circuit since 2001, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Bradley J. Edwards
Bradley J. Edwards (Bradley James Edwards) is a Fort Lauderdale victims' rights attorney, founding partner of Edwards Henderson, who represented 200+ Jeffrey Epstein victims, won the 2019 CVRA ruling, and authored Relentless Pursuit (2020).
Bradley N. Garcia
Bradley N. Garcia, born Bradley Nelson Garcia in 1986, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the D.C. Circuit since 2023.